It’s easy to add EL wire to furniture! Welted EL wire is great for applying with a stapler while standard EL wire makes great upholstery piping. Learn both techniques, as well as soldering to make easy-connect sections (if your couch is a sectional). Video on YouTube and Vimeo.

For this couch I used:

• High Brightness Aqua Electroluminescent (EL) Wire – 2.5 meters
• Sewable Electroluminscent (EL) Wire Welted Piping- Aqua 5 meters
• In-line wire 1-to-4 splitter
• In-line power wire connector (female)
• In-line power wire connector (male)
• 12V EL wire/tape inverter
• 12V 5A switching power supply
• Female DC Power adapter
• copper tape (found in one of our starter packs)

While I don’t recommend sewing the welted EL wire by hand, it would make great pillow piping on a sewing machine project, and staples like a dream.

If you liked this tutorial, also check out our EL wire TRON-inspired bag project.